The Meat You Eat: Antibiotics in Our Food | Medical News and Health Information

The Meat You Eat: Antibiotics in Our Food | Medical News and Health Information







Finally, Amy Collins, MD and Senior Advisor for Health Care Without Harm in Boston, told us that “80% of the antibiotics used in this country are used in animal agriculture. That’s 30 million pounds of antibiotics used every year to treat animals that aren’t even sick.” And Tom Wagstaff, director of Nutrition and Food Services for Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital , tells us this may be making us sick.

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Tom Wagstaff
Director of Nutrition and Food Services
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
twagstaff@partners.org